You want your retail operations to be as smart and connected as the world we live in, but information without insight gets you nowhere. Download Zebra’s Vision Report to learn about retail technology trends and how enterprise asset intelligence is paving the way.

It's time to challenge retail leadership. We talk about new customer experiences, equipped associates, and commerce anywhere, anytime. The truth is retail is run by old thinking and old metrics. The new entrepreneurial thinking wants to create a company from an idea, sell it, and move on. That difference between the old and new thinking in business creates a gap in retail leadership that will continue to get wider.

There’s certain obviousness to the relationship between business analytics and operational efficiency in retail and hospitality. It goes without saying, for instance, that the more data buyers have about the sell-through rate of a certain SKU, the more efficient their POs will be. Or that the more finite the finance department’s view into labor spend, the more accurate its labor forecasts and budgets will be.

Self-service is no longer limited to ATMs and gas stations. The kiosk marketplace is expanding rapidly, as consumers become more and more accepting of self-service technologies. According to a recent survey, 85 percent of Americans and 91 percent of millennials have used a self-service checkout kiosk.